In the photo series “Ghosts in the Machine” by Mark Crummett, old electronic components serve as imaginary environments for tiny human figures (played by model railroad figurines). The “ghosts” in these machines are just folks, dwarfed by the technology that pervades their lives. Engaged in enigmatic activities in an out-of-scale, high tech landscape, workers toil [...]
In this series of illustrations created for a British TV show, historical figures are depicted as they might look today. The project, comissioned by history TV channel Yesterday to celebrate its new series, the Secret Life Of…, saw digital artists working closely with history experts to ensure the portraits gave a real sense of how [...]
London-based artist, Mr. Bingo, wants to offend you. “I will send an offensive postcard to the first person to reply to this message,” he tweeted one night back in 2011 and thus, a new Internet art project, aptly titled Hate Mail, was born. The response was overwhelming, so he realised that people really wanted to [...]
Larry Kagan has come up with an novel way of creating shadows using steel and light to cast beautiful shadows. Larry explains a bit further: ‘We are more or less aware of the presence of shadows, since they tell us something about our environment, but we do not actually look at them – unless they [...]
What would happen to our cities if humans suddenly disappeared? Stockholm-based artist and set designer Johanna Mårtensson set out to recreate that scenario by erecting a model cityscape made out of bread, and documenting the naturally slow process of decay every day for six months. Speaking about the project Johanna says, “I was inspired by [...]
Inspired by astronomy, quantum physics, scientific theories, and the expansion of consciousness – oh and yeah, we spotted it Roseline, the transportation systems from Star Trek – Roseline de Thélin has been creating art with light for over 15 years. This series, called “The Homos Luminosos”, features a family of light beings that represent life, [...]
Abigail Goldman is obsessed with the darker side of life. So much so she has created these miniature crime scene displays, playfully titled Die-o-ramas. These little boxes of horror feature seemingly ordinary scenes of people enjoying themselves while somewhere else in this tranquil scene, a grizzly murder has been committed. Click the pic to see [...]
Sculpture and art installations tend to favour the safety of an art gallery. But Brad Downey, a visual artist adorning public streets with his sculptural installations thinks otherwise. His works live (and die) in the streets – in 2011 one installation was eaten by a dog. Using seemingly ordinary objects; broomsticks, bricks, bits of salami, [...]
A the relationship between a cat and its owner, in today’s digital age is one where the cat carries on much as normal, but the owner, aghast screams at any camera phone within ten feet, ‘he thinks he’s people!’. It wasn’t always this way, or was it? Flavorwire has posted a photo gallery of famous [...]
If you’re coming into London today (via Kings Cross) be sure to check a new piece of sculpture that’s just popped up in the departures hall. The art work, created by Lucy Orta and her husband Jorge, is called ‘Cloud i Meteoros’. Here’s more from the pair themselves: “Meteoros is a word derived from ancient [...]
